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De strijd tusschen Boer en Brit : de herinnering van den Boeren-genaraal / C. R. de Wet

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Dutch Publication details: Amsterdam : Höveker en Wormser, 1902Description: illustrations, 508 pages; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • GEN 968.8 DEW
Summary: On October 11th, 1899, when the second war (' Great Boer War') between Britain and the Boer republics began, Christiaan de Wet was a common burgher in the ranks of the Heilbron Commando. When the war ended three years later, he held the rank of Vecht-Generaal ('field general') He had established a worldwide reputation as a most remarkable guerrilla fighter. De Wet was the man the British could not catch. The damage that this virtually unschooled farmer who had never had a formal lesson in military tactics did was nothing less than astonishing. This book, his own account of the Boer was is a true classic of military history literature.
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On October 11th, 1899, when the second war (' Great Boer War') between Britain and the Boer republics began, Christiaan de Wet was a common burgher in the ranks of the Heilbron Commando. When the war ended three years later, he held the rank of Vecht-Generaal ('field general') He had established a worldwide reputation as a most remarkable guerrilla fighter. De Wet was the man the British could not catch. The damage that this virtually unschooled farmer who had never had a formal lesson in military tactics did was nothing less than astonishing. This book, his own account of the Boer was is a true classic of military history literature.

Charlotte Grabow W015226 W002047

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